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Chicago-area professor researches
college promiscuity, gender roles
Many college students have
likely conducted their own, amateur research regarding their
one night stands, but a professor
from the University of Illinois in
Chicago is looking at hook ups
academically.
Students inevitably have an
opinion on sexual promiscuity,
and, according to UIC sociology
professor and department head
Barbara Risman, these opinions
vary based on gender and membership in college subcultures.
Risman has conducted research on dating and sexuality in
college, and came to SIUE Tuesday, Oct. 29 to present her latest
research examining whether college campus culture is more accepting of men’s hookups than
women’s.
Risman began the lecture
with her own definition of a
hookup, saying that the precise
meaning of a hookup is kept deliberately ambiguous. She said
scholars think this helps men by
making them appear more successful sexually than they actually are and women by
protecting their reputations.
“My particular definition
for this hooking up, for this
conversation, is sex before conversation,” Risman said. “That
is, not casual sex after going out
to dinner and a movie, but
rather, some kind of sexual exchange that exists before a date.

Double standard of hooking up

It’s often at a party setting, almost always after some alcohol
has been drunk.”
Sociologists’ preliminary research on college hookups found
that about 75 percent of students report hooking up at least
once in college. Risman also
found in discussions with students that most felt there was a
huge double standard in campus
culture.
Yet Risman’s research did
not find a double standard
amongst the majority of students at various colleges. In her
study, she asked students to
agree or disagree with the statement, “If men hook up or have
sex with lots of people, I respect
them less.” Risman then asked
the exact same statement but
with women replaced with men.
Of the 24,131 students
asked, about 50 percent said
they would lose respect for men
and women equally, and about
25 percent said they would not
lose respect for either.
About 10 percent said they
would lose respect for women
but not men, and slightly more
held a the reverse view, that they
would lose respect for men but
not women.
Comparing male and female
respondents to the survey,
women were more likely to lose
respect for both men and
women, and almost no women
had a double standard. For men,

Barbara Risman’s research was the result of surveying 24,131 students
from various colleges in the U.S. who had taken a sociology class.
They were asked if they agree or disagree with the following statement:

If men/women hook up or have sex
with lots of people, I respect them less.

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said they would respect men less

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2 // The Alestle

Friday, Nov. 1 SG meeting preview
ALESTLE STAFF REPORT
Faculty Senate President
Susan Yager will speak Friday at
the Student Government meeting
about a draft of the “Policy on Use
of Social Media for Instruction.”
The policy is an attempt to set
guidelines for the proper use of social media for students and faculty
regarding coursework.
Yager will answer any questions from the Student Senate and
hear any suggestions it may have
for the draft.
In other business, SG will
hear three travel requests: The In-

terVarsity Christian Fellowship
will request $600 to travel to a
chapter focus week; the College of
Psychiatric & Neurologic Pharmacists will request $600 to travel to
the CPNP National Convention;
and the American Society of
Health-System Pharmacists will
request $600 to travel to the
ASHP’s Midyear Clinical Meeting.
SG will review the constitutions of three student organizations: Big Brother Big Sisters
program at SIUE, Visual Arts
Ministries at SIUE and Fashion
Moguls in the Making.

Also, the Campus Crusade for
Christ will ask SG to approve its
name change to “Cru.”
SG will introduce Senate Bill
14-09-03, “Establishment of Marketing and Communications
Committee.”
An open forum will follow
for anyone who wishes to address
SG.
The meeting is at 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 1 in the Goshen Lounge
of the Morris University Center.
Alestle News can be reached at
news@alestlelive.com or 650-3527.
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22 percent held a double standard.
Risman said she was personally surprised at the difference
between her initial study and the
actual data, though she has a hypothesis about the inconsistency.
“Researchers who work for
consumer groups will tell you
they do research on opinion
leaders and figure they’re the
ones they have to measure because what the opinion leaders
do or think will seep out to seem
as if it’s the whole culture,” Risman said. “So particularly on
campuses with strong Greek and
sports cultures, those are the
men who are likely to have a
double standard. Those are the
public opinion leaders. Even if
only 22 percent of men have
double standards, but they’re the
ones at the top of the campus hierarchy.”
While her research showed a
connection between men in
Greek organizations or varsity
sports and believing in a double
standard, little correlation existed between women in Greek
organizations or sports. According to Risman, research has
found that women in college
sports are more likely to hold
liberal views toward gender than
men. However, women who
lived in Greek housing were
more likely to disrespect men
but not women.
Risman also found that the
8 percent of non-heterosexual respondents to her survey were
less likely to hold a double standard. She said this was likely because they already held a sexual
identity outside the norm, making them less judgmental of
other’s sexual choices.
In addition to finding that

membership in campus groups
can predict opinions, Risman
said her research led to other
conclusions. She has seen opinions on gender issues between
men and women converging
over time, though they are still
distinct. Most importantly, Risman said she learned that endorsing gender equality is not
the same as endorsing sexual revolution.
“We have to think of gender
egalitarianism as a different
question than how people think
about sexual liberation. Now,
I’m just old enough to have
mixed those up in my mind because they sort of happened at
the same time — the sexual liberation movement and the
women’s movement — and they
were intertwined,” Risman said.
Senior psychology major
Kaylin James, of Granite City,
said she was really glad to have
Risman speak at SIUE.
“It was an absolute honor to
be able to have her at our university,” James said. “She is a huge
name in gender and sexuality research so it’s absolutely wonderful to hear her speak and even be
in the same room.”
Risman has co-authored the
article “From Sex Roles to Gender Structure” with SIUE sociology professor Georgiann Davis.
Her lecture was part of a series of lectures for SIUE’s
women’s studies program. The
next will be at 12 p.m. Friday,
Nov. 8 in Peck Hall, room 1405.
Katie Donnelly of Microfinancing Partners in Africa, will present a lecture titled “Women,
Poverty and Microfinancing in
Africa.”
Ben Ostermeier can be reached at
bostermeier@alestlelive.com
or 650-3527.

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An officer stopped Moses A.
Adesola for expired registration
and arrested him for possession
of cannabis and driving with a
suspended license. Adesola was
taken to the police department
for photographing, fingerprinting and processing. He was issued citations for expired
registration and driving with a
suspended license. Adesola was
released with a notice to appear.

Officers and an ambulance responded to a call from the front
desk of Prairie Hall. A male subject was located in his vehicle extremely intoxicated, refused
transport and was escorted to his
room. The subject will be
charged with illegal consumption
of alcohol at a later time.
An officer issued a citation to
Ashley M. Race for illegal transportation of alcohol as the driver
and citations to Rigo Hamlin
and Helena Marie for illegal
transportation of alcohol as the
passengers while parked in a vehicle on the Prairie Hall Lot.
An officer checked Prairie Hall
Lot for a report of an older male
subject pacing in the parking lot.
The officer located the subject in
Evergreen Hall Lot and the sub-

ject advised the officer he was
doing cardiac exercises.

An officer arrested Christian A.
Pratt for illegal consumption of
alcohol stemming from an incident on Oct. 26, 2013. He was
fingerprinted, photographed,
processed and released with a notice to appear.
An officer issued a citation to
Sam J. Douglas for no insurance
and a written warning issued for
speeding 38 mph in a 25 mph
speed zone. The offense occurred
on North Circle Drive at Northwest Entrance Drive.

Officers checked Lot E2 at the
East St. Louis campus for a report of a male wearing pajamas
pulling on door handles. The officer located the subject, a charter
student who was sent to retrieve
something from a vehicle, but
could not locate the correct vehicle.
An officer responded to Bluff
Hall with reference to a suspicious bag. The officer advised
that the bag contained two pipes,
a small amount of marijuana and
another unknown substance.

Staﬀ Editorial: Shut Westboro up with silence
Counter-protests, attention only encourage them
The
Westboro
Baptist
Church held a protest amongst
Cardinals fans near Busch
Stadium at two World Series
games, holding signs reading
“God Hates Fags,” “Fag MLB”
and others, accusing American
society and Major League
Baseball
of
their
sinful
acceptance of homosexuality.
Westboro claims Cardinals and
Red Sox fans’ sins led to the
2011 Joplin, Mo. tornado and
the Boston Marathon bombings.
Aside from initial reports on
the planned protest, thankfully,
the media has published few
reports on the actual protest.
Hopefully, they have realized
giving Westboro attention only
fuels their spite and will lead to
further protests and displays of
hatred.
With no actual affiliation
with any Baptist congregation,

the members of the Westboro
Baptist Church, most of them
being members of the same
extended family living in
Topeka, Kans., have received a
lot of media attention. Westboro
is known for their major
protests and threats to protest at
funerals of soldiers who served
and died in Iraq or Afghanistan,
gay youth Matthew Shepard,
Steve Jobs, Michael Jackson,
victims of the Sandy Hook
school shootings, victims of the
Boston Marathon bombings and
many more.
They have also carried
inflammatory signs and stomped
on American flags at other high
profile events, such as concerts
and football games. All of their
actions are desperate cries for
attention so they can spread
their hateful message against
gays across America.

The church was founded in
1955 and has only started
conducting protests since the
1990s, after Westboro realized
their signs against gays could get
them
attention.
Westboro
patriarch Fred Phelps even said
in 1994 that the negative
responses they receive are proof
of their righteousness. The
Washington Post reported that
prominent church member
Shirley Phelps-Roper said in the
last hours of the last days, Jesus
said his chosen will be “hated by
all men.”
Many
of
Westboro’s
protests have been met by far
larger counter-protests by locals,
including
last
weekend’s
Cardinals games. At many
funerals, including the Sandy
Hook service, activists and biker
gangs have formed human walls
to prevent Westboro members

from getting to the families.
While we should do what
we can to protect the innocent,
counter-protests
and
confrontations will only make
Westboro feel more entrenched
and fuel their warped views.
Though counter-protests and
presentations of gay pride
towards Westboro members may
give us some emotional release,
no amount of strife will make
them change their views.
Instead, we should turn the
other cheek and ignore them
altogether. Treat them like a
whiny toddler who wants a
cookie. Let them whine for a
while and do not acknowledge
them. Westboro will realize their
message isn’t getting out and
will just go away on their own.

Gruesome Halloween pranks put people at risk
Time to pull out your
buckets of fake blood, your
chain saw, your plastic skulls
and
your
most
gruesome pranks of
the year.

Brianne Harris
Copy editor
But to what end? To pull a
practical joke on friends,
neighbors and coworkers is one
thing. However, some of these
pranks go too far and can make
Halloween an evening of
violence and trickery rather than
a night of innocent fun and
treats, going beyond the
macabre
and
becoming
potentially dangerous.
For example, a residence in

Mustang, Okla. has already been
visited by police and emergency
personnel recently due to 911
calls from frightened neighbors
and passers-by who were
understandably frantic at the
sight of two very convincing
corpses in the driveway, one of
which had apparently been
trapped under a garage door.
The pranksters even went as far
as spattering fake blood on the
garage door.
While
the
person
responsible for this prank
defends it as simply being funny,
the reactions caused by his stunt
are potentially harmful. The call
made to 911 over what
amounted to two life-like
scarecrows could have called
emergency personnel away from
someone whose 911 call was

made for a real emergency.
Drivers
of
emergency
vehicles may expect children
walking around on Halloween
night, yet may not on other
nights. In this case, a phony
crime scene might cause a real
one to appear.
Another concern about
these pranks is that oftentimes
things go wrong, and even the
best-laid plans can lead to
unplanned disaster. This year, as
reported by the New York Daily
News, a 16-year-old named
Jordan Morlan from Kentucky
accidentally hung and killed
himself with a decorative
Halloween noose that hung in
his front yard in an attempt to
play a trick on his little sister.
College students should be
especially careful of such

happenings
at
Halloween
parties, where excessive amounts
of alcohol and childish pranks
gone terribly wrong can prove
to be a lethal combination. Do
not pressure other students to
follow through with a prank
that you could see as being
potentially harmful.
Not all Halloween pranks
and decorations are potential
hazards, but before people put
them out, they should consider
the possible reactions. If your
prank, costume or decorations
can possibly harm someone,
maybe they really aren’t worth
having this Halloween.

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

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Lory Theater
Saved from near demolition
now excites audiences
with talented staff
The Lory Theater in Highland, recently restored by new
owners Justin and Hillary
McLaughlin, is a historic landmark that proves the theatergoing experience is about more
than just movies.
According
to
Justin
McLaughlin, the theater had
been purchased from Kerasotes
by AMC and was set to be torn
down so the company could
build a multiplex theater near the
Highland Wal-Mart. After hearing the theater would be closing,
he and his wife made plans to buy
and restore the Lory.
Through the support of city
leaders and the community, the
McLaughlins were able to meet
the unexpected demands of the
renovation process and reopen
the theater.
“We came to a couple
movies here and I was looking
around this place going, ‘No way,
this place is trashed, but I know
how to do all this. I know how to
fix this,’” Justin McLaughlin said.
“I really thought I would know
how to do it. Before we knew it,
we made one inquiry as to the
cost. Within 24 hours, we were
sitting in City Hall with the
mayor, city manager and building
commissioner.”
Its staff sets this theater apart
from any other because only at
the Lory will local audiences be
treated with themed improv skits
performed by the staff before
each show, and sometimes these
skits are personalized for a particular audience member.
Employees Tom Henricks,
of Highland, senior anthropology and theater major Jackie
Coleman, of Belleville, and freshman Spanish major Courtney Talbert, of St. Jacob, are among 10
hands-on staff members who engage moviegoers in a more personable way.
“Sometimes
somebody’s
like, ‘Oh, it’s his birthday today,’
so we try to incorporate that
somehow,” Talbert said.
Henricks said this has happened on many occasions, and
the staff is quick to change a
planned skit for spontaneous special events.
“They think they’re doing
one [skit] and then, two minutes
before, a birthday comes up,”
Henricks said. “They immediately get their heads together
[and] come up with a new skit to
involve that particular person.”

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Talbert, a music minor, and
Coleman said they both enjoy
this mix of theater performance
and film because it allows them
to get relevant experience outside
of school.
“Most of us are theater actors, including myself, and so we
get to be creative,” Coleman said.
“Sometimes we sing and sometimes we pretend to be the characters.”
The Lory’s historical design
means it has an old-fashioned
ticket booth, where Henricks fulfills his promise to the McLaughlins to be “the greatest guy in the
ticket booth.”
“When we get real busy,
that’s where I go, and I have a
ball with it,” Henricks said. “Typically, for children’s movies, I
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booth.”
Restoring this classic theater
and staffing it with talented people was a task filled with obstacles. Justin McLaughlin said the
renovations did not come together the way they had hoped;
only one of the two screens was
operable, which would not sustain enough revenue for the theater to stay open.
“It became very obvious
very quickly after just a couple
months of analysis that without
the second screen there is no
way we would have made it. At
that point our resources were
all
tapped
out,”
Justin
McLaughlin said. “We saw a lot
of other theaters across the
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money, so we thought we
would give that a try. Not only
was that successful, it was immensely successful.”
Justin McLaughlin said the
motivation behind the community’s support is how much the
people of Highland value the
downtown area. Highland’s
landmarks help draw business
to other mom-and-pop shops
in the town square.
“If you think about other
small downtown areas, they get
the Wal-Mart effect and then
the downtown businesses all
close,” Justin McLaughlin said.
“The city is taking great steps
to prevent that from happening.”
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pleaser, the very reasonable
prices for movie tickets and
beverages, close proximity to
campus and its annual events
are sure to sell audiences.
Coming soon to the theater is “The Ender’s Game” on
Nov. 1, “Thor” on Nov. 8 and
the second installment of “The
Hunger Games” on Nov. 22.
For big blockbuster films,
Justin McLaughlin said they
premiere them a day early, usually at 8 or 9 p.m. instead of
midnight, so everyone can see
the film and be home in time
for a weekday bedtime.
For more information
about what is coming up at the
Lory Theater can be found online at thelorytheater.com.

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Thursday, October 31, 2013

METRO EAST DRINKS:
The Alestle staff visited six bars in the metro
east. We reviewed each
bar, giving a score out of
100, which was based on
criteria including amenities, service and how
long it took to order,
noise level, atmosphere,
parking, food, drink

strength, drink variety,
drink specials and overall
experience.
Scores were determined by each staff
member’s happiness. If
the bar was too noisy, depending on circumstance, it would get a low
score in the noise level

category because that
would not make the reviewer happy.
If the wait for a
drink was short, it
would get a high score
in the service category
because that would
make the reviewer
happy.

WINNER!

STAGGER INN
You’re bound to see someone you
know — a Student Government senator,
someone from class, maybe even your professor — at Stagger Inn in downtown Edwardsville.
It has a history of being the staple college bar where students have been spending their Friday and Saturday nights since
the 70s, and times haven’t changed much.
The bar is still packed on the weekends with a crowd that comes for the
cheap drinks and stays for the live music
and laid-back company. You can usually
find a table to relax at and enjoy a drink
among friends.
When musical performances take
place Thursday through Saturday, you’re
likely to find people dancing on the
makeshift dance floor in front of the stage,
but typically Stagger is full of groups of
friends or strangers laughing and socializing or playing shuffleboard.
Even on Wednesdays and Sundays —

not your typical drinking nights —Stagger
stays busy with its open mic nights. Patrons get the chance to see and hear the
local talent perform, or even give it a try
themselves, if they’re brave enough.
During the day, Stagger offers more
than your typical bar food. With a pretty
impressive menu, Stagger is worth visiting
even if it’s too early for a drink. And for
the nights it’s not, the kitchen stays open,
offering a variety of satisfying fried foods.
If you’re under 21, Stagger is open to
the public during the day, and on Wednesday and Sunday nights, everyone is welcome to enjoy the open mic performances.
Those performances don’t require a cover
charge, but when some of the more wellknown musicians set foot on stage, it will
require a few bucks.
If you want to be surrounded by college students enjoying ridiculously cheap
drink specials, take a trip to Stagger and
see the best Edwardsville has to offer.

BOOZE

Amenities: Amenities are listed below and the more available meant a higher score.
Available seating Live Music
Outdoor patio
TVs

SCORE: 90
Global Brew Tap House & Lounge is
an excellent bar to visit if you’re looking to
have relaxing conversations with friends,
cheer for your favorite sports team or to
enjoy both exotic and domestic beers.
Global Brew is only 10 minutes from
campus, located above Wasabi Sushi Bar,
and has a convenient parking lot right out
front. You must be 21 or older to enter at
any time, but there are never cover charges
or fees.
Global Brew has clung strictly to beer;
they do not offer any wines or spirits.
However, the always-changing beer menu
exhibits so many opportunities to try
something new and unique at the strength
you desire from beer, ale and cider.
This bar functions like a restaurant
with waitservice and an extensive beer
menu that contains dozens of beers at any

The Alestle // 7

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If you want a change of scene from
the nightclubs, Wild Country in
Collinsville is the perfect place to visit.
It has everything a club needs, including a dance floor, seats and tables for
resting or eating, quieter places for
conversation, live music, a patio, pool
tables, food, drinks and a crowd that
simply wants to dance and have fun.
Wild Country is definitely a hot
spot for those who enjoy peoplewatching. Both men and women put
on country attire and aim to impress
with their enthusiasm and precise footwork. The dancing, personality, dress
and live music make a unique entertainment experience.
Not only is this a one-stop shop
for a fun weekend night out, but it also

GLOBAL BREW
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given time, both domestic and international. You can find this menu displayed on
large chalkboards throughout the bar or on
Global Brew’s Smartphone app, “TapHunter.” They also do not serve food at
this bar, but bowls of pretzels and Chex
Mix are available.
Customers at Global Brew can choose
a seat at the bar, a high-top table, a large,
broken-in, leather couch at the lounging
area or a seat on the patio. We recommend
asking the server or bartender about trivia
nights and live music, which are offered
throughout the month. You can even track
the beers that you’ve tried by logging them
into Global Brew’s website www.globalbrewtaps.com.
If you’re ready to chill out with a few
friends and some exceptional beer, Global
Brew has just the environment for you.

feels safer than most clubs. A girl can
come out with friends and dance without worrying about a strange man
grinding on her.
Wild Country is open to ages 18
or older. There is a slightly higher
cover charge for those under 21, but
the cover charge, in general, is very reasonable.
The staff is friendly and quick at
pouring drinks, but the only drawback
is their weak drinks for the price and
low variety since there are no signature
drinks.
Even if you aren’t a country music
fan, Wild Country plays a variety of
music on Saturday nights, entertains in
more ways than one and offers an alternative to standard college clubs.

SCORE: 83
It seems as though Bull & Bear Grill
& Bar is trying to make Wednesday the
new Thirsty Thursday, and they’re actually giving it a run for its money. With the
great drink deals, affordable food and
laid-back atmosphere, it is a great place to
kick back and celebrate the middle of the
week.
The DJ plays good music, mixing
today’s top 40 hits with some oldies but
goodies. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable, answering questions you may
have about drinks and food alike. A
downside is the crowd. It can get pretty
packed, so getting around will be a chore.

When it comes to local bars, Fast
Eddie’s Bon Air in Alton isn’t exactly
close for SIUE students.
Regardless, experiencing Fast Eddie’s
is something every SIUE student should
do at least once.
There’s a reason Fast Eddie’s is
hugely popular in the metro east.
It’s the kind of place where you’ll
find yourself talking t0 strangers at neighboring tables. You may even buy them a
drink, or vice versa.
But it’s a bar that isn’t for everyone.
On the weekends, Fast Eddie’s is packed
from wall to wall. It can be difficult to
find seating, and get your drinks in a
timely manner.
If you’re hungry, there are a few popcorn machines where you can get a free
snack. If that doesn’t satisfy you, Fast
Eddie’s does serve food.
On the menu are hamburgers, brats,

kabobs, shrimp and french fries. All of
the food is affordable, but the wait for
your food will take longer than it took
you to find seats and a drinks.
Once you settle in, though, you’ll
start to take in the atmosphere. You’ll
likely have to shout over the other guests
to have a conversation, and to make
things louder, Fast Eddie’s often has live
music in the patio section.
The patio section, by the way, is actually on the road next to the bar. Fast
Eddie’s purchased the road and built an
“outdoor” section. It isn’t fully enclosed,
and smoking is allowed in this area.
The indoor area is separated and
smoke free. The patio is heated and stays
warm even in the colder months.
Despite the noise and the waiting,
Fast Eddie’s is a good time. It may be a
place you go only once, but you’ll remember it as long as you live.

It’s not the prettiest of establishments but that can be ignored when the
atmosphere and prices are factored in. If
you want to watch a game, there are multiple TVs on one side of the place, separating it from the rowdier bar side.
Don’t go to listen to a game since
the noise levels won’t allow you to hear
the announcer, and don’t go to dance,
since there is not a designated dance
floor. Most of the dancing will have to be
from your seat. The prices definitely beat
any other place you’ll go, and with it just
a mile from campus you will not regret
the Hump Day treat.

SCORE: 81 LAURIE’S PLACE
Laurie’s Place in Edwardsville provides an alternative to the club atmosphere of Big Daddy’s and the open-mic
nights of Stagger Inn.
Laurie’s has a front bar and a back
bar, but it is the back bar where most of
the action happens, especially on weekends. There is plenty of seating at the
back bar but it can quickly fill up. However, there is an outdoor patio accessible
through the back bar with additional
seating.
Laurie’s often gets busy enough that
sitting down becomes an afterthought. If
you can make your way through the
crowd to the bar, you can get your drinks
quickly enough.
There are drink specials every day.

Generally, different beers are on special
Sunday through Thursday, and hard
liquor and shots are on special Thursday
through Saturday. There’s a deal for Natural Light pints and pitchers every day of
the week as well.
Laurie’s often hosts live music, in
both the front and back bars. In the back,
the artists range from DJs to classic rock
cover bands to local favorite Aaron
Kamm and the One Drops.
Students should venture just a little
further down Main Street and visit Laurie’s more often for the relaxed atmosphere and a bar that provides something
for everyone with its beer and liquor specials, live music and indoor and outdoor
areas.

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Women’s soccer fifth in OVC despite overall record
1, putting them in fifth place in
the conference.
On Friday, the Cougars lost
a close match to Southeast
Missouri (8-5-3 overall, 6-1-2
OVC) in Cape Girardeau. In the
75th minute, SEMO forward
Storm French received a
through ball and took a shot,
which sophomore goalkeeper
Jennifer Pelley could not stop,
giving the Redhawks a lead they
would keep for the rest of the
game.

The Cougars were shut out
despite taking 13 total shots in
the game. Freshman forward
Kayla Delgado led the team
with four shots, two of which
were on goal. Pelley had three
saves for the Cougars.
Head Coach Derek Burton
said the players were strong
throughout the game, but with
where they are in the season,
one mental blunder can be the
difference between a win and a
loss.

“We were a little bit unlucky
on Friday not to score early,
because we definitely had some
chances. We had some balls
cleared off the line,” Burton
said. “Towards the end of the
conference season, the margin of
error is really small, and we had
one lapse and it cost us a goal.”
Burton said after the game,
the team talked about finishing
and scoring early. He said the

Women’s soccer

The SIUE women’s soccer
team went 1-1 this weekend,
losing Friday to Southeast
Missouri and beating UT
Martin, the top team in the
Ohio
Valley
Conference,
Sunday.
The Cougars have the most
overall wins of any OVC team
with a record of 11-4-3, but
have a conference record of 5-3-

The SIUE women’s volleyball
team maintained its .500 record in
Ohio Valley Conference play this
weekend by defeating Austin Peay,
leader of the OVC West division at
the time, on Friday, but losing to
Murray State Sunday.
The Cougars are now 5-5 in
the OVC, with an overall record of
9-14.
Senior outside hitter Cori
Harris, one of the team’s leaders,
said the Cougars were extremely
excited to get the victory over
Austin Peay, but it may have

the match in straight sets. They
won the first two sets 25-22 and
29-27, without giving Austin Peay
a chance in the third set and won it
25-13. Head Coach Leah Johnson
said the dominating third set was
caused by the Cougars’ lack of
mistakes.
“We limited our errors even
more than we had been,” Johnson
said. “We put a lot of pressure on
them from the service line. Cori
Harris had a great string of serving
runs. Even if they weren’t all aces,
Murray State really struggled to
return her serve aggressively. We got
a lot of free balls out of it. On our
side of the net, we didn’t give them

We came off a big high on Friday
... and then the next day we
didn’t come out strong ...
46/ (66/7

affected their play Saturday.
“I think we were at polar
opposites this weekend,” Harris
said. “We came off a big high on
Friday, after beating Austin Peay,
and then the next day we didn’t
come out strong in the beginning,
and ended up losing to one of the
teams that we felt we should have
beat.”
On Friday, SIUE faced an
Austin Peay team that had beaten
the Cougars 3-1 less than a week
prior to this match. The Cougars,
playing away from the Vadalabene
Center, got their revenge by taking

a point to find life again by making
attack errors or mishandling the
ball. We really played clean in that
run.”
The middle blockers led the
team on offense, with senior Kelsey
Augustine and sophomore Kristen
Torre, who had a .545 kill
percentage, getting 13 kills apiece.
Harris and junior defensive
specialist Chelsea Colclasure helped
the team from the service line,
serving up three aces each, while
freshman setter Mallory Mangun
led the team in assists with 39.
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Blues score late,
make up loss to Jets
DAN O’NEILL

St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)

Nashville Predators goalie Pekka Rinne stops a shot by the St. Louis Blues’ Alexander Steen in the first period at
Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Thursday, Oct. 3. The Blues won 4-2.
| Photo by Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch (MCT)

Let’s face it, it’s been a
tough few days.
Missouri couldn’t hold a
lead ... Rams couldn’t score from
the 1 ... Cardinals lost twice at
home ...
If it wasn’t for obstruction,
we wouldn’t have any luck at all.
And sure enough, the act of
impeding progress came to the
rescue again. This time, Alex
Steen and the Blues took
advantage to beat the Winnipeg
Jets 3-2 on Tuesday in front of
15,287 at Scottrade Center.
With the score tied 2-2 and
two minutes, 13 seconds to play,
Winnipeg’s Tobias Enstrom was
penalized for interference —
hockey’s version of obstruction.
The Blues went on a power play
and
defenseman
Jay
Bouwmeester slid a pass to the
red-hot Steen.
The veteran forward scored
with 59.4 seconds remaining to
secure the victory. The goal was
Steen’s NHL-leading 11th, a
backhand shot that hit the post
and caromed in off goaltender
Ondrej Pavelec. Steen has 11
goals on 31 shots. The next best
scorer, Alex Ovechkin, has 10
goals on 78 shots.
“It’s everywhere on the ice
right now where he’s good,”
Steen’s linemate, T.J. Oshie said.
“It’s fun to play with a guy like
that.”
That said, it was Oshie who
drew the penalty and battled to
keep possession in the zone on
the decisive play. So as far as
Steen’s concerned, it’s right back
at ya, fella.
“Obviously you’ve got to
talk about Osh on that play too,”
Steen, who has a career best
goal-scoring streak of five
games, said. “First to draw the
penalty and to get the puck
stopped in their zone so that we
have a chance to get it back.
“Thanks to Osh that we got
in that situation. That’s the way
he’s been playing. He’s been
playing really well.”
With the victory, the Blues
completed the initial 10-game
segment of a new season with a
7-1-2 mark. They also avenged
their
most
perplexing
performance of that segment, an
overtime-shootout
loss
at
Winnipeg on Oct. 18.
On that occasion, the Blues
carried a 3-1 lead into the deep
stages of the game and had the
Jets under their thumb. But
Winnipeg scored twice with less
than seven minutes remaining,
then won the subsequent
shootout. Instead of an “A” for
outstanding, the Blues took an
“incomplete”
grade
to
contemplate during a retreat in
Charleston, S.C.
For coach Ken Hitchcock,
that night was a prime example
of what happens in the NHL
when a team has control and
takes its foot off the gas.
“I think for us to get to the
next level, that’s where we want
to get to, we want to contest
every puck, offensively and
defensively,” Hitchcock said.
“We show real flashes of that.
We’ll do it for 40 minutes, and
then we’ll just kind of play.”
On this night, control was a
little less obvious. There were
both flashes and contested
pucks.
There
also
were

disruptive penalties and selfdestructive moments — such as
the second short-handed goal
the Blues have allowed in two
games.
The game also included the
Blues losing a lead in the third
period, just like before. But this
time, the Blues didn’t “just kind
of play.” They just kind of won.
“I think [Kevin Shattenkirk]
said something right before we
were walking out for the third
period here tonight,” Oshie said.
“That was a tough one [earlier in
Winnipeg] to give up with the
week off, having that taste in
your mouth. But it was good to
get the win this time in
regulation.”
The Blues outshot the
visitors 10-4 in the first period
and got the first goal. The play
developed with Shattenkirk
head-manning a pass to Ryan
Reeves. The burly right-winger
moved across the Winnipeg line
and fired. Pavelec put his blocker
on the shot but deflected it to
Brenden Morrow on the left
side. Morrow buried the
rebound for his second goal and
a 1-0 lead with 13:24 still to
play.
Moments later, Morrow was
an accomplice in a penalty spree
that gave the Jets a two-man
advantage. Derek Roy picked up
an interference penalty while
Morrow took exception to a hit
on Alex Pietrangelo. Both Blues
forwards went to the box.
Winnipeg took advantage
late in the power play, as Blake
Wheeler whacked a rebound into
an open side. The score was 1-1
with 8:40 to play, and the
circumstances had Hitchcock
befuddled.
“What
turned
the
momentum of the game around
was the 5-on-3,” Hitchcock said.
“We were playing great. We were
rolling four lines and everybody
was in the game and then ... they
got momentum off of being able
to play their players on that 5on-3. That changed the game
completely around.”
During the next two
periods, the dominant team was
less obvious. Meanwhile, Blues
netminder Jaroslav Halak came
to the forefront, making several
outstanding saves. One of the
most important came with 54
seconds remaining in the second,
as Wheeler broke in alone.
With the last 20 minutes up
for grabs, the Blues reached first.
Less than five minutes into the
final stanza, Oshie made a
terrific play to get Pavelec’s
attention, then slid a pass to
Pietrangelo. The defenseman
rifled his second goal of the
season into the top of the net,
and the Blues led 2-1.
But with 9:33 remaining,
and the Blues on a power play,
Oshie lost the puck at the blue
line to Andrew Ladd. The
Winnipeg
captain
outmaneuvered Oshie down the
ice and slid the puck to Bryan
Little, who converted the shorthanded chance to tie things 2-2.
With less than five minutes
to play, Halak made a clutch save
on Michael Frolik. Then came
the penalty to Enstrom and, with
help from the Obstruction Fairy,
Steen delivered.
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team used this advice on Sunday,
when it played against UT
Martin (9-8-1 overall, 7-2
OVC).
“We talked about learning
from Friday’s game that even
one momentary lapse can cost a
game,” Burton said. “We also
talked about how we needed to
take at least one of our scoring
chances and put it away. We did
that on Sunday, and I think that
gave us a boost to keep plugging
away.”

“

watch,
and
that
was
encouraging. We got an early
goal and were able to absorb a
lot of the pressure. It was a lot
of hard work and team work.”
The Cougars defense stood
strong against the high-powered
UT Martin offense, and helped
Pelley get her seventh shutout of
the season. Pelley had a seasonhigh nine saves in the game and
said she goes out for every game
on the same mission to win.
“I want to be solid back
there for my team, and
obviously I want to win. Our

... The margin of error is really
small, and we had one lapse and
it cost us a goal.
Derek Burton

Women’s soccer head coach

On Sunday, the Cougars
traveled to Martin, Tenn. to face
UT Martin. The Cougars came
out strong in the first half and
were rewarded with a goal in the
10th minute. Senior forward
Erin DiGiovanni collected a
cross from graduate student
forward Tory Pitts, and hit a
shot into the back of the net for
her third goal of the year. Pitts
got her fourth assist in OVC
play, giving her the conference
lead in assists.
Burton said the team put
forth a fantastic effort against a
tough opponent. It was exactly
what was needed given the
situation they were dealing with,
Burton said.
“I thought the team
responded well in their level of
effort and competitiveness to
really bounce back against a top
team in the conference, on their
home field, when they were set
to win and clinch the regular
season title,” Burton said. “We
didn’t let that happen on our
VOL | from pg.9

Defensively, the Cougars had
57 digs in the match, and were led
by Colclasure and Mangun, who
had 20 digs and 10 digs,
respectively.
Johnson was thrilled with the
Cougars’ effort in the Austin Peay
match, and was glad they were able
to beat them on home territory.
“It was great to knock off the
previous division leader in our
league, to set them back and open
that spot up,” Johnson said. “On
their home court, it was really fun
to get a payback win for that loss at
our place. I was very pleased with
the way the team opened the
weekend so strong.”
On Saturday, the Cougars
played Murray State, a team they
had already beaten on Oct. 18, 3-1.
The Cougars could not repeat that
performance and lost 0-3. After a
close first set finished 24-26, and
Cougars lost the second set 16-25,
before losing another close set 2527 to end the match.
Johnson said the team was
surprised to see how enthusiastic
Murray State was, and believed that
may have led to the Cougars’
downfall.
“I felt like we were dialed in on
the match, but we had a hard time
getting our wheels turning from the
beginning, and I thought Murray
came out very hungry,” Johnson
said. “I think we were a bit
surprised to see how eager they
were to play hard. We shouldn’t
have been, but I think it did happen
early in the game. It was a little too
late when we were trying to make

defensive communication was
better, which made it a lot easier
to be effective,” Pelley said. “The
little pieces are finally coming
together.”
The Cougars play their last
game
before
the
OVC
conference tournament at 2 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 3 at Eastern
Illinois. Burton said the team
will attempt to win the game by
maintaining a high level of
consistency, as it has throughout
the season.
“We have to keep going the
same way with the level of
intensity and focus we had in
Sunday’s game and for the most
part on Friday,” Burton said.
“We have to maintain a high
level of focus and make sure our
level of competition is there. We
have to do what we do best and
carry that over into our last
regular season game.”
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our run at the end of the sets.”
On offense, Harris led the
team with 13 kills and a kill
percentage of .375. Colclasure led
the Cougars’ defense with 17 digs
in the match.
The Cougars play at 7 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 1 against Southeast
Missouri at the Vadalabene Center.
The match marks the team’s first of
five straight home games. Harris
said the team is pumped to have so
many home games in a row, and
expects the team to take advantage
of them.
“I think they will all be pretty
challenging. We are playing a lot of
great teams at home, but that’s the
great part about it. They are at
home, and we have that
advantage,” Harris said. “We should
really capitalize on that, and make
sure we do what we need to do. We
don’t have to worry about long bus
trips. We can just play relaxed with
our fans cheering us on.”
The upcoming string of home
games is the longest of the season
for the Cougars. Harris said the
team enjoys having the home
crowd’s support, but added that the
team has found other ways to get
excited for games, home or away.
“We love our fans, but we also
know that we have to be able to
create that energy ourselves,” Harris
said. “Those fans are gone at away
games, so we’ve been working on
our court energy no matter where
we play. Hopefully, it will just give
us that extra boost with our home
fans there.”
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